Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Proposed Amended Conversion

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-333-001]

Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Proposed Amended

Conversion

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Cotton Sheeting and Sateen from Peru: Notice of Proposed

Amendment to the Existing Conversion of the Scope of the Order from the

Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated to the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule.

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SUMMARY: On January 1, 1989, the United States fully converted to the

international harmonized system of tariff classification. On January

11, 1989, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the

Conversion to Use of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of Classifications

for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings (54 FR 993; January

11, 1989) (1989 Conversion) for all antidumping and countervailing duty

orders in effect or investigations in progress as of January 1, 1989.

The Department now proposes to amend the 1989 Conversion governing the

countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru.

Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed amended

conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill,

Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230, telephone

(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In 1983, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on

Cotton Sheeting and Sateen from Peru (C-333-001) (48 FR 4501; February

1, 1983). The scope of this order was originally defined solely in

terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA)

item numbers; no narrative product description was provided. On January

1, 1989, the United States fully converted from the TSUSA to the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Section 1211 of the Omnibus Trade and

Competitiveness Act of 1988 directed the Department to ``take whatever

actions are necessary to conform, to the fullest extent practicable,

with the tariff classification system of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

[for] all * * * orders * * *'' in effect at the time of the

implementation of the HTS.

Accordingly, on January 11, 1989, after reviewing comments received

from the public, the Department published the 1989 Conversion for all

antidumping and countervailing duty orders in effect or investigations

in progress as of January 1, 1989 (54 FR 993). The notice also included

the conversion of the scope of the referenced cotton sheeting and

sateen order from TSUSA to HTS item numbers. The 1989 Conversion was

based on a one-to-one correspondence of the TSUSA and HTS item numbers.

In the notice, the Department stated that the conversion could be

amended, as warranted, at any time during the applicable proceeding as

a result of the submission of comments or new factual information.

As a result of comments submitted to the Department by the

importing public and advice received from the U.S. Customs Service, the

Department determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately

reflect the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting

and sateen from Peru and, therefore, that the conversion should be

amended.

To rectify the problems in the 1989 Conversion, the Department,

with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S.

International Trade Commission, has once again compared the TSUSA-

defined scope and the HTS-defined scope provided by the 1989

Conversion, and identified those HTS numbers that more reasonably

correspond with the TSUSA-defined scope of the countervailing duty

order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru. A new proposed amended

conversion is found in the attached appendix.

Request for Public Comments

We invite interested parties to submit comments on the proposed

amended conversion within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

All comments must be in writing (10 copies), addressed to the attention

of the Director, Office of Countervailing Compliance, International

Trade Administration, IA Central Record Unit, Room B-099, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: September 28, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From

Peru (C-333-002)

5208.1120

5208.1240

5208.1920*

5208.2920*

5209.1900

5209.2900

*Coverage limited to fabric, wholly of satin weave.

[FR Doc. 94-24656 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]

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